The Ultimate Fighter (2005)


The Ultimate Fighter
Release Date17 January 2005
TaglineDetermination. Discipline. Excellence.
GenreSport, Reality-TV, Action
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsLas Vegas, Nevada, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixStereo
ColorColor

The Ultimate Fighter is an American reality television series and mixed martial arts (MMA) competition produced by Spike TV and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). The show features unknown, professional MMA fighters living together in Las Vegas, Nevada, and follows them as they train and compete against each other for a prized contract with the UFC. The series debuted on January 17, 2005, with its first episode, "The Quest Begins". To date, there have been twelve seasons of the show, two per calendar year, with a thirteenth scheduled. Each season features either one or two weight classes in the tournament.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Narrator 

Himself 

Herb Dean
Referee 

Himself - Coach 

Himself

Himself 

Himself

Himself 

Himself 

Mark DellaGrotte
Coach 

Herself - Host

Sam Hoger
Himself

Himself

Himself

Chris Leben
Himself

Himself - Coach

Himself

Himself

Travis Lutter
Himself

Himself

Alex Schoenauer
Himself

Bobby Southworth
Himself

Himself

Himself

Jeremy Jackson
Himself

Charles McCarthy
Himself

Gideon Ray
Himself

Pete Sell
Himself

Pete Spratt
Himself

Din Thomas
Himself

Josh Rafferty
Himself

Himself 

Mikey Burnett
Himself

Himself

Jorge Rivera
Himself

Himself - Coach

Jens Pulver
Himself - Coach

Scott Smith
Himself

Nathan Diaz
Himself

Himself

Himself 

Himself - Team Captain 

Alex Karalexis
Himself

Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson
Himself - Team Captain

Himself - Announcer

Jason Thacker
Himself

Tom Blackledge
Himself - Coach

Himself - Coach

Greg Jackson
Himself - Coach

Zak Jensen
Himself

Marcus Jones
Himself

Scott Junk
Himself

Jon Madsen
Himself

James McSweeney
Himself

Matt Mitrione
Himself

Roy Nelson
Himself

Hector Ramirez
Himself - Coach

Demico Rogers
Himself

Brendan Schaub
Himself

Darril Schoonover
Himself

Wes Sims
Himself

Mike Van Arsdale
Himself - Coach

Mike Wessel
Himself

Trevor Wittman
Himself - Coach

Justin Wren
Himself

Len Bentley
Himself - Contestant

Chris Cope
Himself - Contestant

Erik Paulson
Himself

Kendall Grove
Himself

Christopher Sanford
Himself

Lodune Sincaid
Himself

Wes Shivers
Himself

Himself 

Himself

Himself 

Himself

Josh Haynes
Himself

Ed Herman
Himself

Allen Berube
Himself

Robert Emerson
Himself

Manvel Gamburyan
Himself

Corey Hill
Himself

Himself

Himself

Gabe Ruediger
Himself

Marlon Sims
Himself

Abe Wagner
Himself

Himself - Coach

Himself

Jason Von Flue
Himself

Dan Christison
Himself

Marcus Davis
Himself

Melvin Guillard
Himself

Himself

Eli Joslin
Himself

Sammy Morgan
Himself

Tom Murphy
Himself

Seth Petruzelli
Himself

Kerry Schall
Himself

Anthony Torres
Himself

Director

Thomas Loureiro

Producer

Mitch Rosa
supervising producer / co-executive producer

Ralph Wikke
co-executive producer / supervising producer

Amanda Ross
associate producer

Dax Dobbs
producer

Scott Cooper
producer

Tennessee Edwards
segment producer

Art Lyons
producer

Robert Riesenberg
executive producer

Matthew Hobin
story producer

Katie Wells
producer

Kevin Kay
executive producer

Kristine Raia
associate producer

Zosimo Maximo
producer

Brooks Elms
story producer

Cole Hooper
associate producer

Thomas Loureiro
producer

Jennifer Bastable
associate producer

Brett Boydstun
line producer

Jamie Campione
producer

Angela Chiu
producer

Rob Dorfmann
producer

Tom Greenhut
producer

Mark Leonard
producer

Eric Mazer
producer

Andrea Richter
co-executive producer

Bob Schermerhorn
coordinating producer

Elizabeth Schulze
line producer

producer

Original Music

Matt Koskenmaki

Jeff Toyne

Cinematographer

Jeremy Settles

Editor

Tony Solomons

Eric Wise

Stephen A. Hicks

Michael Ballard

George Missor

Nino Martinez

Jerry Behrens

Josh Belson

Production Manager

Eric Towler
post production supervisor

Heath Banks
executive in charge of production

Brett Boydstun
executive in charge of production

Andy Geisel
post-production supervisor

Sound Department

Robert Brehmer
sound supervisor / sound mixer 

Jared Lipof
sound mixer

John Steigerwald
sound mixer

Saul Swed
sound mixer

Justin Wikke
dialogue editor

Danika Benton
prelay audio / dialogue editor

Lisa Baro
sound editor

Steve Bedaux
sound

Nicholas Couscouris
sound re-recording mixer

Matt Gruber
sound re-recording mixer

Kevin Jones
sound

Noah Mathers
sound mixer

Marcus Pardo
sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department

Chris Lewis
gaffer / chief lighting technician 

best boy electric / electrician

Fed Wetherbee
jib operator

Michael A. Weiss
assistant camera

Kevin Nowicki
assistant camera

Craig Hoffmann
assistant camera

Patrick Kligel
jib operator

Adrian M. Pruett
camera operator

Jon Callesen
electrician

Steve Ezell
camera operator

Ben Gamble
camera operator

Derek Hoffmann
camera operator

Shaun Newton
camera operator

Editorial Department

Joel Salazar
assistant editor / associate editor 

William Safian
assistant editor

Herrianne Cayabyab
post-production assistant

Rosanne Tan
post-production assistant

Jamie Jo
post-production assistant

Patrick DeLuca
post-production consultant

Rod Decker
on-line editor

Danica Barnes
post-production assistant

Gerardo Montoya Sanchez
assistant editor

Jennifer Bastable
post-production coordinator

Terence Curren
on-line editor

David Broadbent
on-line editor

on-line editor

Sam Eskandari
assistant editor

Aaron Noble
post-production assistant

Alpesh Patel
additional editor

Julia Sir
post-production assistant

Music Department

John Nooney
composer: additional music

Other Crew

Johnny Gould
vice president programming and business development

Gretchen Stockdale
vice president and general counsel

Amanda Ross
production coordinator

Joshua Greenrock
production assistant

Grant Cross
assistant production coordinator

Colleen Kelly
production coordinator

India Mi Love
finance manager

Liz Schindler
production supervisor

Taisha Vample
production accountant

Jennifer Runzler
logger

Joey Velazquez
sequester chaperone

Patrick W. Henry
production assistant

Stephanie Bowen
production assistant

Cindy Anne Deaver
production staff

Dean Anthony
production coordinator

Kristine Ferrulli
field coordinator

Nicholas Fry
production assistant

Rita Hawn
production assistant

Carrie Hinton
field coordinator

Elise Roshau Luquette
production assistant

Robb Wood
production assistant

Distributor

Bravo Television

Spike TV

Miscellaneous

Lightning Media
post-production services

Rockbottom Rentals
nextel cell phone rentals






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